National Republican., 1887-02-21

lutions and whereases at foreign powers who
should interfere with our rights or affront
our dignity.
The New York World says that among
the tickets for 1888 spoken OF 10 hotel lob
hies and on the streets are "Blaine and
Foraker,n Chill and Holman" "Cleve-
land and Voorhees, fisherman and His
cock "Hawley and Harrison,n "Carlisle
and Hewitt" "Blaine and Carr" "Carlisle
and Waller,n and many others of less
pertinent and less permanent character.
Philadelphia Press: The only colored IN an
on the police force Of Charleston has been
dismissed, and solely because he was not a
white man. Charleston, 1t is well to re-
member. is the chief city in South Carolina,
state which gives such robust majorities
for Democratic Presidents like Mr.. Cleve-
land, who has such tender solicitude for
the just rights and recognition Of the col
ored citizens.
The flight of embezzlers to Canada
promises to become somewhat hazardous
by reason Of the fact that few enterprls.
ing detectives have stationed themselves
at the usual points OF crossing the border,
where they inspect all trains aud on one
pretext or another detain suspicious char.
acters until they read the morning papers.
An eastern absconder was caught in this
way at Niagara Falls the other day.
New York Tribune: In directing that the
accidental intrusion OF German patrols upon
French territory shall receive only formal
notice, and then be left for diplomatic pro-
test, the French government takes still
another precaution against the chance pre-
cipitation Of war. This move is in accord
ance with its directions that frontier garri-
son maneuvers shall be so conducted as not
to give Germany cause Of offense, and Its
keeping back the discussion OF Boulanger's
new army bill.
Troy Times: Beautiful, white'winged
peace once more hovers in the air.
Sir Lionel West, the British minister at
Washington, says there will be no war, and
the whole fishery question will be ad djusted
to the satisfaction Of the United States,
England, and Canada before Congress shall
adjourn. But II Sir Lionel means the ad
iustment will be made according to the
free-trade notions OF Secretary Bayard AMI
the administration, he is nightly out of
the way in assuming that our people will
he satisfied Herewith.
Providence Journal Success has not al
ways attended innovation, but on the whole
the trend is in the right direction. The
encouragement is that the individuality Of
the pupil is more considered, and the mere
machinery and show less thought Of. How
tious teacher lie, we fear, not wholly appre-
ciated. To such one the rules are but the
skeleton to be clothed with body and i'm
bued with spirit, and yet the school COM
mittee may do much II 1t will but yield to
the dictates Of common sense.
Cincinnati Commercial: The makers OF
the interstate commerce law probably sup
posed that they were striking at two great
interests: l. The Standard Oil Company
2. The Vanderbilt railway system. II
turns out that the Standard oil men have
| pire lines and special cars and access to the
lakes, such that the great bill TO regulate
| everything will not touch them. AS 70,
the Vanderbilts they happen to own tive
lines, or two series OF lines, aud can use
one for the long and the other for the short
bauls. This is sad, wicked world.
Chicago Hcrdld By sitting down on thu
trade dollar redemption proposition the
Senate has earned the gratitude OF man,
| honest men. When the trade dollar wal
| being bought In open market for So cent
| and paid out as wages at 100 cents on tht
dollar nobody rose In Congress to advocat,
its redemption at par. The working peopl,
| Of the great cities lost thousands OF dollars
on this arrangement, and 1t is pity tina
the brokers and employers who reaped th,
harvest cannot now be reimbursed for tn
risks that they took.
| Pittsburg Commercial Gazette: The stron.
| common sense and thorough modesty o
| Gen. Grant are conspicuously displayed II
letter written by him In 1864 and now frs
| published. In IL he recoils from the sug
aestion made to him that he should DO
candidate for the presidency, and in en-
| joining the recipient OF the letter from
| giving 1t any publicity, he characteristicall,
| adds: ~ want TO avoid being heard from
by the public except through acts In tn
performance Of my legitimate duties" Thi
is sentiment that 1t would do we'll 70
people to lay to heart in this age Of prate
pretense, and show.
Napoleon Signal: Congress apparently |
determined to eradicate polygaIny, II thl
can be done by legislation. The antiMor
mon bill, as modified in the conference
committee, seems to be more stringent evel
than the bill which passed the House
| There Is but little danger, of course, that th
measure will be made too radical and dras
tic to be acceptable to the people. Bn
there Is great danger that II may be de
layed so long In the committee that II vii
fail OF passage altogether this session
Better enact 1t in the shape In which it ha
gone through either house rather than, b.
attempts to make 1t more effective, destro
its chances for passage In any form.
| Val Street Nccs: The difficulty In th
Interpretation Of the long aud short hau
section (section OF the interstate con
merce law can be understood with the al
Of the following;
A
The law forblds a greater charge in tn
aggregate for carry Ing, say, barrel OF llou
from 10 d or from TO ID than from A I
ID. So far 1t is perfectly PLATA. But tn
next point Is: Does 1t forbid create
charge for carrying the barrel between
and than between | and 2? or between
and than between and 2S One part
will insist that II does and another that
does not. The matter will have to be de
cided by the railroad commissioners, sui
ject TO the adjudication OF the courts. UG
doubtedly the Governing principle IN tn
Interpretation of the section will be the re
quiroment that the shipments must be ''unie
substantially similar circumstances and cor
ditions.n
New York NIH and Express: IL Is ru
mored that the President is thinking O
offering the secretaryship Of the treasur
TO Speaker Carlisle. We do not knoS
what kind Of an executive officer Mr.. Car
Isle would make, and we seriously douh
IL we shall have the opportunity OF Judging
at least during the present administration
In the first place, Mr.. Carlisle is at home 1
the speakers chair, and probably prefer
that place TO an executive office. IL Is
mistake, however, to say that an appoint
ment 10 the Cabinet would not be promo
tlon for the speaker. When Mr.. Carllsl
was elected to his present office he was Il
the line OF succession TO the presidency
Now he Is not, while the Secretary Of III
Treasury is. Moreover, the policy Of Tia
administration In financial matters has dir
fcred from that which the speaker woul
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